LinuxQuestions.org - Blogs - gegechris99 http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/blog/gegechris99-210803/ LinuxQuestions.org offers a free Linux forum where Linux newbies can ask questions and Linux experts can offer advice. Topics include security, installation, networking and much more. en Fri, 24 May 2013 06:47:22 GMT vBulletin 60 https://lqo-thequestionsnetw.netdna-ssl.com/questions/images/misc/rss.jpg LinuxQuestions.org - Blogs - gegechris99 http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/blog/gegechris99-210803/ HOW-TO KMyMoney with XFCE desktop on Slackware 14.0 (32-bit edition) http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/blog/gegechris99-210803/how-to-kmymoney-with-xfce-desktop-on-slackware-14-0-32-bit-edition-35142/ Sun, 18 Nov 2012 10:54:57 GMT Hello,

With the recent release of Slackware 14.0, I switched my desktop from KDE to XFCE. Don't get me wrong, I like KDE but it's starting to feel a bit slow on my main laptop (Acer Aspire 7220: AMD Semprom 3500+ 1.8 GHz - RAM 4GB DDR2).

I didn't upgrade from my previous OS (Salix 13.37), but rather made a clean installation. Because I'm using Kmymoney to manage my personal finances and I didn't want to install all the KDE packages just for that application, I made a little bit of research.

I'm pleased to share here how I proceeded to make Kmymoney work with a "minimum" number of KDE packages.

1) Install kmymoney and its dependencies:

I installed the following packages from kde/ and kdei/ series:

kde/kdelibs-4.8.5-i486-1
kde/kdepimlibs-4.8.5-i486-1
kde/oxygen-icons-4.8.5-i486-1
kdei/kde-l10n-fr-4.8.5-noarch-1 - I'm french :)

Using sbopkg (a tool to automatically download, build and install a Slackware package), I installed the following packages:

libraries/libalkimia-4.3.2-i486-1_SBo
office/kmymoney-4.6.3-i486-1_SBo

2) Prepare the configuration files:

I reinstalled my Kmymoney configuration file that I backed up before installing Slackware 14.0: ~/.kde/share/config/kmymoneyrc

To get French settings for date, number, monetary symbols, I created file ~/.kde/share/config/kdeglobals with the following content (append this content to the file if it already exists):
Code:
[Locale]
Country=fr
DateFormat=%A %d %B %Y
DateFormatShort=%d-%m-%Y
DecimalSymbol=,
Language=fr
MonetaryDecimalSymbol=,
MonetaryThousandsSeparator=
NegativeMonetarySignPosition=1
NegativePrefixCurrencySymbol=false
PositiveMonetarySignPosition=1
PositivePrefixCurrencySymbol=false
ThousandsSeparator=
3) Modify pinentry symlink

My Kmymoney file is encrypted using gpg, so a pinentry dialog box shows up when I start kmymoney.

The first time I tried to open my file, I couldn't enter the passphrase in the pinentry dialog box. As I'm using scim, I remembered that on previous releases, there was a conflict with scim and pinentry. In fact, the last reminder about this issue is available in the CHANGES_AND_HINTS.TXT of 13.1 (but not in the next releases):
Quote:
If you are using the pinentry-gtk2 interface (for entering passphrases with
gpg-agent), be aware that there is a bug in the way scim-bridge and the
pinentry-gtk2 interact. The result is that keyboard input does not register
with pinentry-gtk2. For the time being, either change the /usr/bin/pinentry
symlink to use the qt or curses frontend, or don't use scim.
So as user root, I did:
Code:
cd /usr/bin/
rm pinentry
ln -s pinentry-qt pinentry
And that's all folks. ]]> gegechris99 http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/blog/gegechris99-210803/how-to-kmymoney-with-xfce-desktop-on-slackware-14-0-32-bit-edition-35142/ HOW-TO KMyMoney2 on Slackware 13.0 (x86 32-bit) http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/blog/gegechris99-210803/how-to-kmymoney2-on-slackware-13-0-x86-32-bit-2248/ Mon, 07 Sep 2009 13:19:19 GMT Hello,

I've compiled KMyMoney2 on Slackware 13.0 (32-bit) using feedbacks from these 2 threads in which it was reported that KMyMoney2 was successfully compiled on 64-bit but not on 32-bit:

/usr/local/lib or /usr/local/lib64

Kmymoney2 Slackware64 Sbo Slackbuild Error

So here's a little HOW-TO for those interested in this topic:

1) Install the kde3-compat packages

Install at least the following packages from the extra/kde3-compat directory:

Code:
arts-1.5.10-i486-opt1.txz
kdelibs3-3.5.10-i486-opt1.txz
qt3-3.3.8b-i486-opt1.txz
Important step: After installing these kde3 compatibility packages, logout from KDE and login again so that variable QTDIR is properly set.

2) Adapt the existing SBo SlackBuild script

Grab the KMyMoney2 SlackBuild from www.slackbuilds.org 12.2 repository.

In file kmymoney2.SlackBuild, change the version and the architecture (I could only succeed with i686 but not with i486):

Code:
VERSION=${VERSION:-1.0.0}
ARCH=${ARCH:-i686}
and change the configure part to (changes are in bold letters):

Code:
CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
./configure \
  --prefix=/opt/kde3 \
  --with-qt-dir=/opt/kde3/lib/qt3 \
  --with-qt-includes=/opt/kde3/lib/qt3/include \
  --with-qt-libraries=/opt/kde3/lib/qt3/lib \
  --localstatedir=/var \
  --sysconfdir=/etc \
  --mandir=/usr/man \
  --${useofx}able-ofxplugin \
  --${useofx}able-ofxbanking \
  --disable-leak-check \
  --disable-pdf-docs \
  --disable-debug \
  --build=$ARCH-slackware-linux \
3) Create an entry for the KDE4 menu

Add the following at the begining of doinst.sh:

Code:
( cd usr/share/applications/kde4 ; rm -rf kmymoney2.desktop )
( cd usr/share/applications/kde4 ; ln -sf /opt/kde3/share/applications/kde/kmymoney2.desktop kmymoney2.desktop )

( cd usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps ; rm -rf kmymoney2.png )
( cd usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps ; ln -sf /opt/kde3/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/kmymoney2.png kmymoney2.png )
4) Build the package

Then proceed as usual to build the package.

Done.

I've been using Kmymoney2 on Slackware 13.0 for about 5 days without any issue. The only inconvenience is that I'm using the french language and due to the absence of the KDE3 kde-i18n-fr package, some labels are not translated.

Any feedback from your own experience is welcome. ]]> gegechris99 http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/blog/gegechris99-210803/how-to-kmymoney2-on-slackware-13-0-x86-32-bit-2248/